Squirrels are a source of frustration to many fruit tree owners. Just to give you an example, last season I could eat not a single Monroe avocado fron the tree I have at home. Squirrels would nick them, bite them, I don't like to eat fruit after the critters have bitten on them, They carry diseases. This year I got a trap and I trapped two of the culprits, big fat squirrels. That seems to have worked, my Monroe fruit is not showing signs of squirrels attack. Not sure for how long, but the trap is set under the tree just in case.

So its totally unsafe to cut the flipping avocado in half and eat the safe half? (The half not bitten?)

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Carlos

11/26/2013 08:58:50 pm

I usually do not eat fruit bitten by anything. They can have any of the diseases that affect the wild life.

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Sandee

3/1/2015 05:05:48 am

Nonsense! Cut the bite off and eat the rest. You can ripen it and cut out the bite or cut the bite off and then let it ripen.

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Carlos

3/1/2015 07:49:34 am

I do not have conclusive proof if they contaminate the fruit or not. I just will not eat them. You may want to check these two links before you eat your next squirrel bitten fruit.
.http://articles.latimes.com/2013/may/23/local/la-me-ln-chipmunks-squirrels-plague-20130523
http://animals.pawnation.com/diseases-affecting-squirrels-8634.html